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RHYME8 FOR LITTLE HANDS 



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Rhymes for Little Hands 

Bi/ MAUD BURNHAM 




1906 
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY : Springfield, Mass. 

New York Boston Philadelphia Atlanta 
San Francisco 



LIBRARY of CONGRESS 

Two Copies Received 

DEC 20 1906 

^ Copyright Entry 
CLASS l\ XXc, No, 
COPY Bf ' • 



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Copyright, 1906, by 
Milton Bradlky Company 



To 



Mothers and Kinderoartners 




P 11 E F A C E 

HE need of the following plays was sug- 
gested by children in kindergarten. 
TfHaving received the commendation of 

the smaller group they are now offered to the larger 

circle of story tellers and listeners. 

TfSimple rhymes have been used as they are of greater 

value for this purpose than the more closely literary 

form. 

T[The gesture illustrations progress naturally and 

easily from one to the other. 

T[The Fairy Rhymes developed from the need of 

something shorter than the Fairy Tale. 



TiSuch plays need careful study. One must become 
familiar with the text and deliver it simply, natur- 
ally, with imagination or with spontaneous humor. 
ISee it! Feel it! Be it! 

Tl wish to express my gratitude to those who have 
been generous in criticism. 

II am indebted to the editors of Kindergarten 
Review and Primary Education for permission to 
reprint finger plays which appeared in their pages. 
Tfl also wish to express my thanks to the Century 
Company for permission to quote from the poem 
"The Child-Garden," taken from the volume "Five 
Books of Song."— M. B. 



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CONTENTS 






Introduction . 


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15 


Fairy Rhyme 


1. 


The Midsummer Fete . 


3 


2. 


The Owl and the Brownies . 


5 


3. 


The Five Little Fairies . 


7 


4. 


Hide and Seek 




10 


5. 


The Brownie Band 




12 


6. 


The Magic Carpet . 




15 


7. 


The Teeter . 




18 


8. 


In the Garden 




21 


9. 


The Elf's Dress . 




23 


10. 


In Winter Time 




24 


11. 


The Fairy's Nap 




27 


12. 


The Frog 




29 


1 



1 




C X T E X T S 




13. 


The Four O'clock . 


31 


14. 


The Wild Carrot Umbrellas . 


33 


15. 


The Fairies' Wash Day . 


35 


16. 


The Hammock 


37 


17. 


The Toadstools 


38 


Family Rhymes 


1. 


The Family .... 


41 


2. 


The Morning- Greeting . 


44 


3. 


Bed Time 


47 


4. 


Wake Up 


49 


Winter Rhymes 


1. 


The Snow Man . . . . 


53 


1 



1 




CO X TEXTS 




2. 


The Snow-flakes 


55 


3. 


The Eskimo .... 


59 


Holiday Rhymes 


1. 


Halloween .... 


63 


2. 


Thanksgiving .... 


67 


3. 


The Harvest Time . 


69 


4. 


The Toyman's Shop 


72 


5. 


New Year .... 


76 


6. 


Three Ways to Grow 


76 


7. 


Saint Valentine's Day . 


77 


8. 


George Washington's Birthday 


81 


9. 


Easter 


83 


10. 


The Sermon .... 


84 


11. 


May Day .... 


85 


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1 




C N T E N T S 




12. 


May Day .... 


86 


13. 


The Fourth of July 


87 


14. 


Polly's Birthday Cake . 


91 




Trade Rhymes 




1. 


The Iceman .... 


95 


2. 


The Grocer Man . 


98 


3. 


The Baker Man . 


100 


4. 


The Coalman .... 


103 


5. 


The Milkman .... 


105 


6. 


The Yeastman 


109 


7. 


The Postman 


110 


8. 


The Candyman , „., , . , 
rr,, m ' What to do with 


114 


9. 


The Toyman - , ^^ 

rr,, ^ , \ the Pennies 


116 


10. 


The Bank ' ^^'^'^'^^ 


118 


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C N T E N T S 






Miscellaneous Rhymes 




1. 


The Pigeons .... 


121 


2. 


The Five Little Kittens 


124 


3. 


The Barnyard 


126 


4. 


The Boat .... 


130 


5. 


The Wind .... 


131 


6. 


The Baby's Bath . 


134 


7. 


The Raindrops 


136 


8. 


The Finger Band . 


138 


9. 


Little Miss Muffet (Adapted) 


145 


10. 


The Indians .... 


147 


11. 


The Soldiers .... 


150 


12. 


Finger Motions . . . . 


153 



INTRODUCTION 




|)LL over the world babies love to play with their 
fingers and toes, and mothers sing rhymes and 
jingles of little pigs going to market, of my 
mother's knives and forks, and of baby's cradle. 
Froebel, with his heart insight into child life, 
recognized the educational value of these traditional plays, 
and collected and improved some of the more universal. 
1i Since his time we have had notable and artistic additions 
to our list of plays for the hand. The latest of these col- 
lections is Miss Maud Burnham's. ""The plays and rhymes 
are full of fancy and dramatic feeling, and will find a warm 
welcome wherever there are children and those who love 
them. "^A new book of plays is always welcome to the 
kindergartner, and to the mother who sees the meaning hid 
in childish play. May the book have a wide mission and a 
constant use.— Lucy Wheelock. 



I 



THE CHILD-GARDEN 



N the child-garden buds and blows 
A blossom lovelier than the rose. 

If all the flowers of all the earth 
In one garden broke to birth, 

Not the fairest of the fair 

Could with this sweet bloom compare 



Of beauty hath this flower the whole — 
And its name— the Human Soul! 

Richard Watson Gilder 

in " Five Books of Song. 



I^Perhaps, however, it is best to keep 
them (fairy stories) as a sort of sweet- 
meat to be taken on high days and 
holidays only. 

Nora A. Smith. 



The Mitlsuiiiiiier Fete 



When the moon 



looked like this, 




Down under the clover, 



Down under the grass tops 



Where the fire- 




flies hover, 



Oh! The Fairies 




danced long, 



And the Fairies danced late, 
And they could not get home 
From their midsummer fete ; 
So they each went to bed 



In a wild 




morning glory, 



And fell fast asleep ! 

That's the end of the story ! 



The Owl and the Brownies 



An owl sat alone on the branch of a tree, 




And he was as quiet as quiet could be; 

'Twas night 

and his eyes 

were open 

like this ! ■ 




He looked all around— not a thing did he miss! 
Some Brownies crawled up 



to the branch 




of the tree 



And sat on the limb 



as still as could be ; 



Said the solemn old owl,"Whoo! Whoo ! Whoo ! Whoo !" 



Up jumped the Brownies, 



and then away 



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they all flew ! 



The Five Little Fairies 



Said this 



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little fairy, 



" I'm as thirsty as can be ! " 



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Said this 


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L\<.t^^^^M little fairy, 


"Fir 


hungry, too ! dear me!" 


Said this I^^Hf^^^^^H 


^ ^^^^^^^^^^ little fairy, 


"Who'll tell us where to go?" 


Said this 


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"I'm sure that I don't know!" 





Said this 




little fairy, 



"Let's brew some Dew-drop Tea!' 
So they sipped it and ate honey 



beneath the 




maple tree ! 



Hide and 8cek 



Under the trees, 




as I pass by, 



The brown leaves gaily rustle. 
Beneath two oak leaves on the ground, 



Two little 

Brownies hustle. 



After a while two red pointed caps 



Above the leaves 

wave gaily, 



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'Tis thus the little Brownie Folk 




At "Hide and Seek" 
play daily. 



The Brownie Band 




Hist ! Hist ! Be still ! 

The little Brownie Band ! 



Skip it ! Trip it ! Down in the 
meadow land 



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There's Early-rose, 



Stubby-nose, 




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Trailing-o'er, 












Apple-core, 


















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Knock-about, 




Toes-turn-out, 










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Twist-and-turn, 




Double-chin, 



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Never-learn, 



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Dimple-din. 



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Hist! Hist! Be still! 

The little Brownies creep 



Back again! Home again! While we're all asleep. 



The Magic Carpet 



A little magic carpet 

Came sailing through the air, 





With some little pixie people 

A-sitting on it there! 



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Each had an acorn basket 


A. _ ] 
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With a 


picnic kinch inside it ; 
They stopped and ate their goodies 




On a stone, 


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(I sat beside it!) 


They h 


ad tiny frostec 


. cookies 






About as round as that 


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Some sandwiches of bee's meat, 

And they sat and sat and sat ! 



Lo ! When the fairies 



flew away 




A crumb could not be found, 

Though I looked and looked and hunted' 

Over ev'ry inch of ground. 



*Hunt in lap. 



Tlio Teeter 




Said the brownest little Brownie 



To the wee-est little fairy, 




"Won't you come along and 




Play awhile with me ? " 



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Said the wee-est little fairy 




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To the brownest little Brownie, 



' ' Tell me what you want to play, 
Then I will see!" 



So this spritely happy fellow 



Found the broadest blade of grass 



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And balanced it upon a mossy stone; 




Then those httle fairy children 

Teetered gaily up and down, 

Up and down all the afternoon, alone. 



20 



Ill the Gai'den 



Once I thought I heard some fairies 



And I looked 
the garden 




through. 




I peeped 



m every 



flower cup 



And in the wee buds, too. 






I looked beneath the toadstools ^^V _^^l 


^^V' V And the tufts of striped grass, 


Then I just sat down and w 


aited 




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To see the fairies pass ! 





22 



The Pelf's Dress. 



In a little 




closed flower, 


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There sat 

a wee elf ; 



And she rocked* to and fro, 

As she sewed for herself ; 

She was making a dress, as the dance was that night, 



So she cut 




and she basted f 



With all of her might; 



*Rock thumb. 
tMotion of sewing. 



Thus, she rocked all the time, did this dressmaker gay, 
And to get her dress done she sat up all clay! 



Ill Winter Time 



To their hive 
for the winter 
the bumble bees 
crawl, 



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And into their hill 
march the ants, 
one and all. 



The brown caterpillars have hidden their heads, 




And spun some cocoons for their snug little beds ; 



The squirrels have gone 
to their hole 

in the tree. 





Each bird's nest is empty- 
no birds do we see ! 



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The fairies have flown for the winter, 


I know, 




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There isn'1 

*Let fingers fly behin 


: a person who knows where 1 

d the back. 


:hey go ! * 


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The Fairy's Xap 



There surely is a butterfly, 





Out in my garden bed ! 



Just now I saw it flutter by, 

Straight to 

this blossom red ! 




*Let butterfly flutter about. 



Perhaps it may be drinking dew ! 
I think rn take a peep ! 




It is (I'U whisper it to you) 



A fairy sound asleep ! 



28 



The Froo; 



On the edge of 
a pond 




Near a wet 



mossy log" 



Sat patiently waiting 




a mottled green 
frog. 



He winked and he blinked as he rolled each round eye, 



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•'Then snapped what he thought was a green-bottle fly. 
He felt very queer — such a funny mishap — 



Because he had eaten 

a Brownie's wee cap ! 




*Let the frog jump 



The Four o'Clocks 



Ten little fairies played one day, 



And flew 

so far 




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they lost 
their way ! 




Lo! Bye and bye each sleepy head 

Heigho ! 

Crept in a four 

o'clock to bed. 

Bye-low ! 



But when they awoke, each fay was shocked 
To find the four o'clocks were locked ! 




I know ! 



Next day the flowers 

opened wide, 




And ev'ry fairy flew outside ! 



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Heigho 



The Wild Carrot Umbrellas 



The raindrops were falling 



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and each fairy flew 



To a field 




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where blossoms 

of wild carrot grew ; 


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The fairies felt sad as they looked all about, 
For ev'ry umbrella had turned wrong side out ! 






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The Fairies" Wash Day 



It is the fairies' washing day. 



With acorn cups 

for tubs, 



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And tiny leaves 

for washing boards, 





Each fairy rubs 

and rubs. 



The fairy sheets so white and fine, 



On the grass 



are drying. 



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The spider spins for them a hne. 




Now their clothes 

are flying ! 



The Hammock 



A neat little hammock 



a spider sj^un, 




It was quickly made and soon as 'twas done, 
Two elves espied it, and in a minute, 




Both little people 

were swinging in it ! 



37 



The Toadstools 



I thought I saw some toadstools, 



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But they looked so very queer, 
I stopped to look beneath them 

And saw, as I drew near, 
Some sober little Brownies 

In their pointed little hoods. 
They thought I didn't know it, 

So I passed on through the woods ! 



• Frcebel .... noticed that the hands and fingers are the 
earliest parts of the physical self to attract attention, and his 
knowledge of that fact is shown by the various songs in which 
the fingers are named and counted, put to sleep, made to 
dance and play and taught to greet each other. These songs 
are devised not only to give strength and suppleness to these 
members, but -and this is far more important -by attaching 
a playful meaning to their movements, to interest the mind 
in them and lift them out of the domain of the purely physical. 

—Nora A. Smith. 



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The Fainily 



This is the loving mother, 



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and this the father true, 



This the brother straight 
and tall, 








sister, 




^^sitaBiiMHlMlf"' - 


and baby too ; 


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Grandma, 










grandpa, 


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uncle, 





aunt, 



and last the cousin wee. 




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Here they all together stand- 
one happy family. 



43 



The JVIorniiiii' Grectino; 



Now see them all 
Both short and tall, 
These merry little men ! 





With bows they meet, 

Across the street, 

Then say the fingers ten, 



''Good morning to you!" 
And ' ' How do vou do ! " 




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Just see them now 





As they all bow 
And say to each, "Good-day!" 
Along the street 
More friends they meet 



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Who want so much to say, 



"Good morning to you!" 
And "How do you do!" 




46 



Bed Time 



The fingers are so sleepy ! 





It is time to go to bed. 



Come little Baby Finger, 

you must first tuck in 
your head. 




Ring Finger creeps in slowly, 

and who's next but Tallman Straight ! 



Come Pointer Finger hurry 

for 'tis getting very late. 
Now snuggle close you little men, 

there's just one more to come ! 




The bed is plenty wide enough for little Master Thumb. 



LULLABY 

Hushaby ! Rockaby ! 
Babies are sleeping. 
Hushaby ! Rockaby ! 
Sandman is creeping. 
Hushaby ! Rockaby ! 
Tucked in bed tight. 
Hushaby ! Rockaby ! 
Good night ! Good night ! 



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Wake Up 



Wake up little fingers, 

the morning has come ! 





Now hold up your heads, 

ev'ry finger and thumb ! 



Come, jump out of bed ! 

See how tall you can stand ! 




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Oh ! My ! but you are such a wide awake band ! 
You've all washed your faces so clean and so sweet? 

Then come to the table 




your breakfast to eat ; 



Now all of you fingers run out to play 



And have a good time 

all this long happy day ! 




WINTER RHYMES 



•TMan has two hands. ... such is the 
instrument with which so many 
things are done.... with which, to the 
delight of the child, so many objects 
may be represented. 

Susan Bloiv. 



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The 8now Man 



Here is the Snow Man round and white 



Truly, he is a comical sight ! 





Let's make some snow balls ! 



One ! two ! Three ! 



Be steady ! Aim ! Now what do we see ! 



There goes the Snow Man's 
old straw hat ! 




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He lost his head ! 



Just think of that ! 



Down goes 

the snow man ! 




Here's 



another, 




So much better 
than the other! 



The 8iiowllakes 




Merry little snowflakes 



falling through the air, 



Resting on the steeples 





and tall trees everywhere ; 




Clothing roofs 



and fences, 





capping ev'ry post, 



Covering the hillside, 

where we like to coast. 




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Merry little snowflakes try their very best 



To make a soft white cover 




so buds 



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and flowers 



may rest. 

When the bright 

spring sunshine 
says he's come to stay, 



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Then those selfsame snowflakes 








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quickly run away !* 


*Let 


the 


fingers 


go behind the back. 


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The Eskimo 



In his wee round 

house of snow, 




Crawls the little Eskimo. 
There without a bit of light 
Wrapped in furs he sleeps all night. 



In the morning 

he crawls out, 





Gathers all the dogs about, 



When he's tied them to his sleigh 



Then he'll 




quickly ride away. 



Over fields of snow he'll go. 
Little brother Eskimo. 



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"The great desire in early infancy, second 
only to the craving for motion in general is 
the use of the hands. 

Baroness Marenholtz Von Bulow. 



Halloween 



Oh, it was the finest pumpkin 




that you 



have ever seen? 



It grew in Tommy's garden. 



On the night of Halloween. 




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He took his knife to cut the top, 





then scooped it with a spoon. 



He made two eyes, 





a nose so long, 



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a mouth just like the moon. 





He put a candle in it, 

then, still as any mouse. 

He crept up very slowly 



to a window 




in his house, 



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There put the jack o'lantern ! 






Tommy's mother cried, "Look here! 
I feel quite sure some brownies are hiding very near !" 




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Thanksoivino; 



Every day when we eat our dinner, 
Our table is very small ; 




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There's room for papa, 



mamma, 





sister, 



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Baby 



and me, 



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that is all. 

When Thanksgiving comes and the company, 
You'd scarce believe your eyes, 



For that selfsame table 

stretches out, 

Until it is this size ! 




Tlie Harvest Time 



The farmer's in the orchard 

Where all the fruit trees grow, 





He climbs upon a ladder 

And shakes the fruit below. 



The farmer has some barrels 
To pack the apples in. 



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The plums are packed in boxes, 





The pears are in a bin. 



The farmer's busy in the fields. 





Thus the corn is stacked. 



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Here's the farmer's grain house 

In which the grains are packed. 





The farmer's in his cellar 



And thinks as he looks 'round, 
"No better store of winter food 
Can in the world be found." 



The farmer 

folds his hands 




When the harvest 
time is done, 



And happy is because he knows 

There's food for ev'ry one. 



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The Toyman's Slio]) 



Here is the window and great is our glee, 



For this 
is the 




Toyman's shop 
that we see ; 



Such a lot of tin soldiers all in a row, 




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And bright colored tops that sing as they go. 






Here in 
a box 




is a doll 



that can talk, 




And here is a woolly black dog that can walk. 




Look at the Jack-in-a-box over here ! 




Just see him pop out ! 
Oh, isn't he queer ! 




Here is the counter piled high with the toys 



For good 
Httle girls 




and kind 
little boys ; 



Here stands the Toyman, and here is his clerk, 




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To sell all the toys ; how hard they must work ! 
Let us say good-bye to the Toyman's shop, 



As we close 

the door, 




We must surely stop 




To look at the Toyman's 



window 



once more. 



Have you ever seen such playthings before? 
We hope, little toys, that some of you may 
Come straight to us on the glad Christmas Day. 



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New Year's Daj 




On New Year's Day the fingers go 
To call on little friends they know, 
To all they meet along the way 
"A Happy New Year to you!" 
they say. 








Three Ways to 


Gi'ow 






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For every little finger a New Year has begun, 
They'll all be taller, stronger, kinder, 
when the year is done. 








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Saint Yalentine'B Daj 


To every little friend I know 


A pretty valentine shall go. 


To some 


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I'll send 


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one hke 


a book. 


They'll find a message if they look. 


Inside it reads, "Much love I send." 


*Open as if to read. 





Then to some other httle friend 



I'll send this little heart 
of mine 




With much love to my valentine. 



I've envelopes to use for this. 




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Here wi'ite the name, 





there seal a kiss. 



Then when I hear the postman's ring 



These valentines 




to him I'll bring. 



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I'll drop them in his bag of leather 


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Then wi 
In whicl 
To you 

*Offer them. 


sh the postman pleasant weather 

1 to take a valentine 

and you,* dear friends of mine. 



George Wasliington's Birtlidaj 



Another holiday has come ! 



Let's wave 



the flag 




and beat the drum ! 




From ev'ry steeple 

ring the bell ! 




Come blow the horn ! 




Now quickly tell, 

What holiday is just begun ! 
The birthday of George Washington! 



Easter 



(Adapted fiom an old Finger Play.) 



On Easter Day we go to church. 



The bell rings 



from the steeple. 



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When the doors are open wide, 



Inside, you'll 



see 




the people. 



The Sermon 



The minister 



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who preached to-day, 



Talked all about the spring 

And said that "Easter" promised us 

Almost everything ; 

'I'hat Easter was the "wake up" time, 

For trees and buds and flowers, 

That bees and butterflies and birds 

Would bless this world of ours ! 



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Ma J Da J 



When May Day comes 



a basket 




I'll make 



And fill it with flowers sweet; 
Then for surprise, beneath, I'll put 
Some candies sweet to eat. 
When it is dusk I'll quickly go 
And ring my playmate's bell ; 
Then run away and let her guess 
Whose love the flowers tell. 





May Day 


(Adapted from an old game) 


Itisket ! Itasket ! It is the first of May ! 


I'll leave you this basket and quickly run away i 




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The Fourth of July 

The Fourth of July is the day for boys ! 
' Tis the day for girls ! 'Tis the day for noise ! 



Here is a slow match, 




the end is hot. 



I will fire 

these crackers 




all in one lot ! 



(Clap hands to represent fire-crackers going off) 



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Here's a big pin wheel, 

just see it go ! 
Slowly at first, 

very swiftly, then slow ! 

Here are torpedoes ! 





Now let us see, 
"What kind of a noise they will make ! 

One ! Two ! Three ! 
(Three loud claps) 



Here's a toy pistol 





I'll put in a cap, 

And pull the trigger ! 



My didn't it snap ! 




See the sky rocket 




go sh. 



way up high. 



Spreading its fingers about in the sky! 




Some grown people grumble and wonder why 
We little folks like the Fourth of July ! 



Polly's Birthday Cake 



Polly had a birthday ! 

Polly had a cake ! 




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Polly's mother stirred it! 



Polly watched it bake 



There were two thick layers, 

with chocolate between. 




' Twas the very nicest you have ever seen ! 
Polly had some candles,* 



One! 



Two! 

Three ! 




Four ! 



Five! 



Who can tell how many years Polly's been alive? 



*Put the fingers up one by one. 



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TRADE RHYMES 



Blessed be the hand ! 

Thrice blessed be the hands that work ! 

Helen Keller. 

And as you teach your child to respect his 
own, hand, teach him also to respect those 
who work with their hands. Waken his 
gratitude towards and consideration for those 
through whose labor he is blessed with food, 
clothing and shelter. 

Susan Blow. 



The Iceman 

Oh, here is the Iceman, he comes ev'ry day, 
And stops right in front of our door ; 




He lets us look at the ice in his cart, 



And gives us 
one piece, 




perhaps 



more. 




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He takes out his hatchet 




to cut up the blocks, 



They are square 





and oblong, too. 



Now, can you remember the kind of a piece, 
The Iceman left for you ? 



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The Iceman. (A sense game.) 










The Ice-cart. 





The (xrocer jMaii 



When the grocer man comes, 
He knocks at the door, 




And writes down the orders 
As we name them o'er. 




With pencil in hand, he says, 



' ' Let me see ! 



You've ordered some cornstarch 
And one pound of tea ; 

A package of soda, 

Some corn meal and flour. 

I'll try to deliver these goods in an hour ! " 



In baskets 




he brings them 



As fast as he can; 



On our table 

he piles them, 




The good grocer man. 



Tho Baker .Man 

The baker's cart comes down the street, 
Filled with everything good to eat. 



Two doors 




the baker man opens wide, 





To let us look on the shelves inside. 



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What do we see in the baker's cart? 



Doughnuts 





and biscuits, 



a pie, 





a tart, 




Jellyrolls, 



cookies, 





loaves of bread, too ! 



What will the baker man sell to you ? 



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The Coalman 



In our cellar window, 




The coalman puts his slide; 



Into this 

he throws 




the coal 




With his shovel wide. 



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When our 


To the coal yard he will go, 




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coal 


is in, 
And get another load of it 

To fill some other bin ! 




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The Milkman 




The Milkman is a busy man. 




He works from morn till night ! 




And when he starts to leave his farm, 




The sun 


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Then when the sun 



is getting low, 





Back from the busy town 



Where he left milk 



for you 



and me, 




He drives up hill and down. 



From pastures 
green 




he drives 

the cows. 



Into the barn they go. 



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Each one is standing in a stall, 
Eight cows all in a row. 



The cans are hanging on the rack, 
They're washed, then aired till night, 




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The milking done, the milkman then, 
Will lock the barn doors tight. 



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The Yea.stiiiaii 

Ding ! Dong ! Ding ! Dong ! Ding ! * 
'Tis the yeastman's ring ! 
If you want any, 



Bring cup 




and penny ! 



Ding ! Dong ! Ding ! Dong ! Ding ! 



*Motion of ringing a bell 



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The Postinan 



The postman seems like Santa Claus, 



He has a great big sack ; 




'Tis filled 



with cards 




and letters 




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and 'tis strapped upon his back. 




Our dear old Santa comes but once, 

The best time of the year ; 



But day by day the postman calls 



And blows his whistle clear. 





I watch him from my window 
Through sunshine, rain, and snow, 



And when he's reached the letter box 
Then out of sight he'll go. 




WHAT TO DO Wnil THE 
PENNIES 



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The Caiiclymaii 



Oh ! I like to visit the candv store ! 



Through the window peep ! 




Then open the door ! 





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Oh ! I like to buy the 

chocolate drops, 



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The molasses sticks, 



and the lollipops 




But when 1 have pennies I always plan. 
Not to give all to the good Candyman. 



The Toy man 

In the corner store there is everything 
That children buy in the early spring ! 

A hoop 



and stick, 





A bouncing ball, 




A kite, 




a top, 




And marbles 

small. 




Now which do you wish of all the toys 
That the store man sells to girls and boys ? 



The Bank 

oil ! I have a new bank ! On the top is a sHt, 
You should see the bright pennies 



I drop 




into it. 



Just think of the money someday I will own, 
If I save my pennies until I am grown ! 



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■^By using his hands, the child learns how 
much may be done with the few things 
within his grasp, or, in other words, how 
much he may accomplish without reaching 
beyond the narrow boundaries of his own 
little life. 

Sufiaii, E. Blow. 



The Pio'eons 



Ten snowy white pigeons 

are standing in line, 




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On the roof of the barn 



in the warm sunshine. 




Ten snowy white 



pigeons 

fly down 




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to the ground, 



To eat of the grain that 

is thrown all around. 





Ten snowy white pigeons 
Soon flutter aloof. 




And sit in a line 

on the ridge of the 
roof. 



Ten pigeons are saying politely, ' * Thank you ! " 
If you listen, you hear their gentle ' ' Coo-roo ! " 



Tlio riv(^ Little Kittens 



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This kitty said, ^^^Hi ^SlT iB "I smell a mouse!" 



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^^^^ ■ , , _. " Let's hunt through 

This kitty said, ' -.-—.. 

the house ! " 




_ " Let's play 

This kitty said, 

we're asleep ! " 

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This kitty said, 




" Let's go 
creepity-creep!" 



This kitty said, 




"Meow ! 
Meow ! Meow ! " 



I saw 




him 




liis hole just now ! " 



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The Barnyard 



When the Farmer's day is done, 



In the barnyard, 




ev ry one, 



Beast and bird politely say, 
"Thank you for my food to-day." 



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The cow says, ' ' Moo ! " 



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The pigeon, "Coo!" 





The sheep says, "Baa!" 



The lamb says, "Maa!" 




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The hen, "Cluck! Cluck!" 



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"Quack!" says the duck; 














The dog, "Bow Wow!'" 




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The cat, "Meow!" 














The horse says, "Neigh! 

I love sweet hay!" 





















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The pig near by, 




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Grunts in his sty. 




When the barn 


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is locked 


up tight. 


Then the Farmer says, ''Good night!"; 




Thanks his animals, ev'ry one. 




For the work that has been done. 




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The Boat 



The waves roll* high, the waves roll low, 



As in their boat 




these sailors go. 



Yeoho ! My lads ! Yeoho ! 
Both sailors rowf with steady oar, 
And quickly reach the other shore. 

Yeoho! My lads! Yeoho! 



*Raise first one knee and then the other. 

fMove thumbs back and forth as hands go over the lap. 



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The Wind 



The wind came out for a frolic one day, 



He first swept 
the clouds 




all out 

of his way, 



The weather vane turned 

wherever he flew, 




The trees 




bowed low 

and the leaves danced'' too. 

The wind blew a gale for 



the boats at sea, 





0, the wind 
tried to snatch 

my hat from me, 



*Fingers dance. 



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He really did get my Japanese kite, 





And I watched it sail 

till it went out of sight. 



Then the wind whispered low 



down our chimney flue, 




Ev'ry word that he said was, " Oo-oo-oo !" 



The Baby's Bath 



Baby's ready for his bath, 



Here's the Baby's tub, 





Here's the Baby's 
wash cloth, 



Here's the way to rub, 




Here's the Baby's cake of soap, 





Here's the towel dry, 



Baby's ready for his bed. 



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Rock-a-bye-lo-bye ! 



The Raiiuli'0])s 



When the flowers 




are thirsty, 



And the grass is dry, 




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Merry httle raindrops 



Tumble from the sky. 



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All around they patter 

In their happy play, 




Till some little sunbeams 




Chase them all away ! 



*Let fingers dance down and go behind the back. 



The Fino-er Band 

(Adapted to "The Mulberry Bush.") 



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The Finger Band 'has come to town, 
Come to town, come to town, 

The Finger Band has come to town, 
So early in the morning. 



This is the way 
they play 
the drum, 




r Play the drum, 
play the drum, 



This is the way they play the drum, 
So early in the morning. 



This is the way 




they blow the horn, 



Toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot ! 

This is the way they blow the horn, 

So early in the morning. 



This is the way their cymbals go, 





Ringity-ring ! Ringity-ring ! 

This is the way their cymbals go, 

So early in the morning. 



This is 



the way 




their 



clappers go, 



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Clapity-clap ! Clapity-clap ! 


This is the way their clappers go, 


So early in the morning. 


Now watch them shake 


the tambourine, 




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Jinglety-jing ! Jinglety-jing ! 




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Now watch them shake 




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the tambourine, 






So early in the morning. 


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This is the way 

they play 

the flute, 
Play the flute, 

play the flute, 




(Whistle the air.~) 

This is the way they play the flute. 

So early in the morning. 



So drop your 




pennies in the hat, 



In the hat, in the hat, 
So drop your pennies in the hat, 
So early in the morning. 



The fingers bow 




their thanks to you. 



Thanks to you, thanks to you, 
The fingers bow their thanks to you, 
So early in the morning. 



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The Finger Band has gone away, 




Gone away, gone away, 

The Finger Band has gone away, 

So early in the morning. 



Little Miss Miiffet 

(adapted) 



Little Miss Muffet 



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sat on her tuffet, 



Eating her curds and whey; 



Along came a spider, 




And sat down beside her, 



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And frightened Miss Muffet away ! ' 




Ten little Indians 

Ten little Indians 
Ten little Indians 


The Indians 




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standing in a line, 


strong and straight and fine. 




tomahawks 

wave high, 







Ten little Indians 



cry aloud, "Hi! Hi!" 



Ten little Indians 



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ride far out 



of sight, 



Ten little Indians 



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come safe home 



at night. 



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Ten little Indians 

to their wigwam creep, 




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Ten little Indians 

now are fast asleep. 




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The Soldiers 



Here are 

soldiers 




who would fight 



For their country and the right. 



Here's the fort 

that towers high, 





Here's their flag up in the sky. 



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Grimly peeping through the wall 



Are the cannon 

large and small. 




When the shadows slowly creep, 




Soldiers in their camp tents sleep. 



Through the night each sentinel 
At his post cries, "All is well!" 




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When the soldiers, one and all, 

Hear the bugle's early call ; 
Quickly then, they stand so fine 




In a straight and even line 



Fiiio'er Motions 

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(Adapted to "The Mulberry Bush") 



This is the way the fingers stand, 
The fingers stand, 

the fingers stand. 




This is the way the fingers stand, 
So early in the morning. 



This is the way the fingers bow. 
The fingers bow, 

The fingers bow, 




This is the way the fingers bow, 
So early in the morning. 







The fingers say "How do you do!" 


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"How do you do!" 


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" How do you do !" 






The fingers say, ' ' How do you do ! " 




So early in the morning. 




This is the way they like to clap,t 




Like to clap, like to clap, 




This is the way they like to clap, 




So early in the morning. 




This is the way they like to snap, J 




Like to snap, like to snap. 




This is the way they like to snap, 




So early in the morning. 




*Shake the hands. 




tClap the fingers. 
tSnap the fingers. 





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This is the way they Uke to stretch,* 
Like to stretch, Uke to stretch. 

This is the way they Hke to stretch, 
So early in the morning. 



This is the way they hke to dance. 
Like to dance, 

hke to dance. 




This is the way they hke to dance, 
So early in the morning. 




This is the way they like to rest. 
Like to rest, 

like to rest, 



This is the way they like to rest, 
So early in the morning. 



*Open and shut hands. 



D£c ao 1906 



